Huge Transfer Task Looms for U S Army in Europe
Paris dispatch reports Brig. Gen. Morris W. Gilland says after V E day the U S Army must rehabilitate pack and ship millions of wartime assets from Europe to the Pacific and the United States. The job covers 700000 tons of ammunition and over a million items including locomotives and repair tools with millions of clothing pieces, vehicles and radios needing overhaul.
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City Needs 10 Weed-Cutters for River and Lakes
Parks department seeks ten weed-cutters, men or women, to clean the river ditches and Woodlawn and Elmendorf lakes. Applicants must report to 40 826 North Trinity Street and hip boots will be furnished. Commissioner Henry TM Hein announced Wednesday.
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Blind to Be Feted by Pax at Travis Park Church
Oscar J. Pax composer will entertain the Blind Citizens at Travis Park Methodist church at 8 p m Friday with a program of Texas songs including Sam Houston sung by Miss Vivian Burges the event honors blind citizens and features local talent
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Nazi Midget Subs Surrender Amid Allied Pressure
About 100 tiny U boats, including the Elder and Moleh classes, surrendered after Allied pressure to curb supply routes across the English Channel and North Sea. Eighteen U boats have been taken to British ports, with others en route or in American custody.
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Cargo of War Materials Arrives on U Boat Report
A fragment notes a U boat arriving with a cargo from Japan including 110 tons in eight compartments and other supplies such as four tons of molybdenum eight tons of glubber and a half ton of quining. The text is garbled but indicates wartime material transfer by sea.
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Kelly Furnishing Parts for B-29s Deliveries Leap
San Antonio Air Technical Command Kelly Weld has launched a large scale program to manufacture B-29 parts for a Southwest Pacific air depot. About 600000 parts, from screws to nine foot cabin bulkheads, have been produced in a month. The first order was filled in four days and delivered in the Pacific five days later.
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